How do Fund Managers View Engagement?
Every week, we ask managers of a UK-based trust or fund 13 different questions about their work, investment style and life. And one of the questions we always ask is…
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UK Inflation Back Above 10%
The consumer price index numbers for September are in, and according to the Office for National Statistics, it rose by 10.1% in September from a year before. The inflation rate…
Comment: Big Finance and the Great ESG War
Any competent ESG manager will tell you their engagement policies are meaningless without the credible threat of divestment. But as investors eye the finishing line on another dramatic, chaotic and…
10 Things We Learned From Pitchbook’s ESG Survey (Part One)
If you didn’t already know, there are several companies in the Morningstar family, and one of them – Pitchbook – runs ongoing dedicated analysis of the world of venture capital.…
ESG Headache China is Prepping For Its 20th Party Congress
In a year of subdued economic growth, the market is watching China’s 20th Communist Party Congress closely for clues on what might happen next. The Congress starts 16 October with…
Gilt Yields Fall as Hunt Rips up Mini-Budget
New chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt has ripped up the government’s mini-Budget policies, announcing an extraordinary U-turn on plans to lower tax. The planned cut in income tax next…
Beset by Threats, ESG is Under Siege in 2022
Sunniva Kolostyak: Contrary to what you might think, greenwashing and a lack of standardisation are not ESG’s biggest problems. Even more significant is the co-ordinated campaign of divestment being levelled…
If We Don’t Define ESG, Its Enemies Will
This article was originally published for Morningstar.co.uk in May 2022, and is reproduced here with thanks to Jon Hale as part of a special week of content on ESG What…
ESG Stock of the Week: RELX
It’s ESG week here at Morningstar so instead of looking for undervalued stocks we’re seeking out the most sustainable ones. This is harder than it looks. We could immediately look…